home computer

English

The C64, a classic home computer.

Noun

home computer (plural home computers)

1. (computer hardware, dated) A computer intended for use in the home.

   Coordinate term: personal computer

   • 1983, Using Your Home Computer, Macmillan International Higher Education, →ISBN, page 80:

     This last section is meant to draw your attention to a further sphere of potential use for your home computer, namely letting it monitor and control some activity directly, without your own participation […]

Usage notes

• Used mainly in the late 1970s and 1980s, when computers were available for the home for the first time.

Translations

computer intended for use in the home

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 家用電腦／家用电脑 (zh) (jiāyòng diànnǎo)

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• Finnish: kotitietokone (fi)
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• German: Heimcomputer m
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• Low German:

  German Low German: Heimcomputer m, Heimreekner m

• Portuguese: computador doméstico m
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• Russian: домашний компьютер (ru) m (domašnij kompʹjuter)
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• Spanish: computadora doméstica f, ordenador doméstico m
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• Vietnamese: máy tính gia đình

Further reading

• home computer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia